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Special

Features • Local Events &

Meetings

• Comments &

Letters

• Youth Club

• Church News

• Mary Stanford

Disaster

Centre Page

• Family News

• Neighbourhood

Watch

• Tide Timetable

• Local Bus Times

• Harbour Master

• Parent & Toddler

• Shop Update

• Sea Defences

• Nature Reserve Competition Pho-to’s

November 2003 Issue 2 Volume 3

Editor’s Comments

Rye Harbour Newsletter Compiled By & For The Residents

I can honestly say, I

have struggled to get

everything in this

month even with four

extra pages but as far as I

am aware nobody was left

out. Except me. So I will fit

what I can on the front

page.

Rye Harbour Youth Action

Group has not only now got

a wonderful co-ordinator,

we have just appointed a

new assistant co-ordinator,

who many may know from

his enthusiastic welcome at

Budgens, he is keen,

energetic and in touch with

the children. It is so good to

see a team coming together

at last and certainly we

have a good strong group of

children attending the

Tuesday evening sessions

who seem to appreciate

what Mel and Raf are

doing.

Parent and Toddler who

also now come under the

same banner has been

supported more by local

families which is excellent

and I hope will continue

and as you will see on page

41 we have now purchased

a large ball pond in the

shape of a pirate ship,

which I’m sure Rye

Harbour has seen plenty of

in the past.

On Saturday November 8th

we have got a stall in Rope

Walk to raise money and

awareness of our needs to

sustain these groups, we

hope to have some quality

bric-brac, face painting and

some local framed photo’s

never seen before, so do

come down and support us

please. Thank you.

Copy date will be Friday

14th November, it’s good

to see so much coming in,

although, it would be good

to get some letters.

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Contents Item Page

Editors Comment

Advertising Rates

Shop Update

Football & Cricket Coaching

Harbour Masters Chair

Rye Harbour Web Site

Village Hall Hire

General Information

Local Bus Times

Public Notice

RH Boat Owners Association

Village Hall Committees

Animate Young Peoples Ctr

Quality Home Care

Charities Free Stall Sale

Fishing News

Jumble Sale Update

Age Concern

Nature Reserve Report

Neighbourhood Watch

Free Family Discovery Day

Lifeboat - Mary Stanford

Sea Defences

Public Statement

Want To Stop Smoking

Characters Of Rye Harbour

Rye Harbour Sailing Club

Youth Club - Details

Rye Harbour Church News

Registered Childminder

Christmas Bazaar

Harbour Parent & Toddler

Rye Sea Cadets

Family Announcements

Congratulations

Birthday/Get Well

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knowledge all the details are correct at the time

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being but two. If for any reason you

should find that you need help to mend a

fuse, turn a mattress, change a washer or

even a light bulb and there is no one

handy to do it then PLEASE contact us.

If you have, or know of someone that has

a problem that our 'fix-it' team may be

able to solve then please give us a shout.

Contact either Allan Goffee at 3 Mary

Stanford Green (225560) or Jane

Babington, 5 Stoneworks Cottages

(224197) and hopefully someone will be

with you as soon as is possible.

If on the other hand you are handy and

are prepared to do the odd job (on a rota

basis) then please give either Allan or

Jane a ring.

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I have a definite mark

for the end of the

summer - that is

when the yellow

speed buoys are lifted

along the Camber and Pett

level frontages. This has

now been completed so it

is OK by me for

temperatures to fall! Few-

er boats venture out at

weekends and the slipway

usage drops. We missed

the visit by the sailing

fishing vessel “Excelsior”

this year, another marker

for the beginning of winter.

It is hoped that she will

visit again early next year.

We are also arranging for

the visit of the “Balmoral”

a vessel in the same stables

as the paddle steamer

“Waverly”. The“Balmoral”

last visited in 1994 when

the “Alsford Wharf” was in

receivership. Nobody told

the Master who arrived

with 400 passengers

expecting to disembark and

return to Eastbourne by

coach. This was not

permitted, so a very quiet

vessel turned off the wharf

and proceeded as

scheduled to Dover.

Talking of unusual vessels,

we piloted in the largest

vessel to date to visit Rye,

importing a cargo of 2,200

tons of roadstone from

North Wales. Being 87

metres in length (289ft) she

easily turned, light ship, on

a 4.4 metre tide. Some of

you may have noticed that,

on occasions, we take these

large vessels out stern first

(backwards). Work has

commenced on the

Western Pier (or “Terminal

Groyne” as the engineers

wish it to be referred). A

large barge arrived during

October and was towed to

the mouth to carry our yet

further ground

investigations. The project

involves removing 90,000

tons of shingle from a

pocket just West of the pier

and the construction of a

new groyne to prevent the

“hole” being filled. New

piling will be placed in the

river along a 100 metre

length at the landward end

of the concrete structure.

Early one morning I was

telephoned by Ronnie Si-

mons who reported that a

large beech tree had fallen

down blocking the access

to the fish market. This

old tree had marked the

corner into the area for

many years. Within an

hour the Environment

Agency was able to

chain-saw the tree,

permitting once again

access for the fishing

crews to their boats.

Another incident involved

one of our fishing charter

vessels that was at anchor

some 9 miles off Rye.

Whilst the occupants were

engaged in netting a big

catch the vessel was struck

full on by a leisure craft

journeying from Rye to

Boulogne. Neither of the

vessels saw each other.

Considerable damage was

caused to the yacht but she

was able to continue on her

way. How can two vessels

hit each other in the middle

of the Channel on a calm,

hot day? September

witnessed the 50th

anniversary of the Hastings

Diving Club. Their vessel

“Seaquest” is frequently

used to carry divers to the

many interesting wrecks in

Rye Bay. The Hastings

club is one of the oldest in

the country. During

September I was requested

to scatter the ashes of a Mr.

Preece. Some of your old-

er readers may

remember him as the

headmaster for the school

that is now the hotel “Rye

Lodge”. Filming is always

popular in the harbour.

Recent crews have been

filming for the “Boots”

Christmas catalogue and a

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Harbour Master’s Comments Cont.

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new toy that I believe is

called “Haribo” or

something like that. The

cutter to H.M.S. “Victory”

was in the river filming for

a television series to be

shown early in 2004. The

crews looked splendid in

17th century uniform. The

“emergency” exercise was

deemed a success for all

those that took part in it.

The scenario was a ship

carrying dangerous cargoes

being in collision with a

charter fishing vessel, both

catching fire. The Rother

District Council were keen

to exercise their

evacuations for the village

as a large plume of

poisonous gas was blowing

from the wharf across the

village. All in all the day

went well considering that

just prior to the

commencement of the

exercise two “real”

emergencies happened.

Another “real” emergency

happened on the Admiralty

Jetty when the fishing

vessel “Genesis” sank on

her moorings. The reason

for the sinking is not

known for certain but is

believed to have been

caused by being held down

by neighbouring boat’s

ropes on a rising tide. The

vessel has been taken to

Derek Phillip’s yard for

repairs and cleaning.

Officers of the

Environment Agency,

owners of the harbour,

visited during October,

when presentations were

given into the legal

responsibility of the Agen-

cy and also of the

operations of the port. The

harbour is very active in all

three of its main functions,

Leisure, Fishing and

Commercial shipping, the

latter being enhanced by a

new 20 year contract to

import stone from Calais

Quarries into Rye Wharf. I

can yet see the opening of

the redundant Rye Marine

Terminal for additional

traffic, some dredging

needed first! Carl Bagnal (Harbour Master)

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Also my thanks to Adams Ltd for the use of their Tide Tables

If you would like to book the Village Hall for a party or some other gathering then

visit the web site at www.ryeharbourvillagehall.co.uk. You will be able to view hall

availability and other information relating to the Village Hall.

The hall can be hired for £4 per hour for Village residents and £7 per hour for

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HANDKERCHIEFS & GIFT IDEAS

M any people will recently

have received a letter

from the NHS about

relocating the Postern

Gate Surgery to the Memorial Care

Centre site. There is a public

consultation process with a

meeting at Thomas Peacocke School on

3rd November, and all submissions to

be made in writing by 17th November.

The relocation will give better facilities

but make it less accessible from Rye

Harbour, especially for mothers witth

young children and elderly people. A

copy of the consultation document and

comments forms will be available in

Harbour Stores (or on the website

www.bexhillandrotherpct.nhs.uk).

Comments are very important and if

you have views on the project and how

it affects your family, you can go to the

meeting or leave written comments at

the shop. If you need to discuss

anything, Steve Tollett

([email protected]) or

Jill Stott ([email protected]) of Rye

Harbour Futures Group have

PUBLIC NOTICE


R ye Harbour

Boat Owners

Association

The string of

initials, which stand for

Rye Harbour Boat Owners

Association. What do we

do? Mainly, we exist to put

pressure on the various

authorities for the

improvement and

maintenance of Rye

Harbour. That was at

original reason d’etre,

when the harbour was

under threat some years

ago.

Nowadays, we carry on

this tradition, but we also

have a social side. We start

our year in January, with

the A G M, in February, a

fitting out supper, in the

spring. A barbecue, usually

in July, and the laying up

supper around October.

These are usually held in

the Rye Harbour Village

Hall, and are very informal

affairs, casual dress and

free wine with the meal.

The meal is provided at a

very moderate cost.

We publish a quarterly

magazine, “Gentle Breez-

es”, which is free to mem-

bers, and keeps them in-

formed about our affairs,

and also entertains,

membership is not

confined to boat-owners,

but is open to anyone who

has an interest in the well

being of the harbour.

Subscriptions are a modest

£8 per year, which will

cover a whole family; ben-

efits include an

information and advice

service, and free

advertising in a magazine

for members. Anyone

interested in joining can

contact the honorary

secretary, John Morgan at

49 Hillbrow Road, Ash-

ford, Kent TN23 4QH or

telephone 01233 627594,

for a membership form and

a copy of our magazine.

What are concerned with at

the moment? For some

time, we have been trying

to get some dredging done

at Strand Quay, but it is a

bit like beating your head

against a brick wall, trying

to get the Environment

Agency to do something,

which they find any excuse

not to do.

Another idea, which we are

working on, is to brighten

up Strand Quay area, with

better mooring facilities for

boaters, tourists and local

people alike. Our draft

plans are being considered

together with Rye

Partnership and others, to

eventually produce a

comprehensive plan, which

might attract Euro funding.

Two of our Committee

Members also serve on the

Rye Harbour Advisory

Committee, which advises

the Environment Agency

on matters concerning the

harbour, one is a trading

member in the harbour and

the other is nominally

representing the Royal

Yachting Association, as it

is, they who pass on nomi-

nations for appointment to

HORAC on behalf of other

organisations. Each

member's term of office

lasts for three years.

So in various ways through

HORAC, by direct

correspondence and action,

and by contact with other

organisations, we try to do

our best for the Harbour.

John Morgan

Message from Di James

Thank You

Thank you to everyone for their kind wishes for Collins recovery and a special

Thank You to our neighbours Alison and Barry. It's wonderful to live in a village

with so many caring people. Di James


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Other Times By Arrangement

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AGE

Due to the increase in demand, Age

Concern East Sussex require more self

employed gardeners to include in their

gardeners register for many parts of

Rother. The gardeners agree to work for

no more than £7.00 per hour for the

current year. They are also required to

supply two references and evidence of

insurance.

If you are interested or know someone

who might be, please contact the

co-ordinator Age Concern East Sussex,

the Almonry, High Street, Battle TN33

0EA or ring 01424 775721.

VILLAGE FETE COMMITTEE / VILLAGE

HALL FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE

Rye Harbour Village Hall Management committee are currently looking for

members and volunteers for the following two committees that are being set

up:-

Village Fete Committee

Village Hall Fundraising Committee

It is hoped that Village Organisations will come forward to be part of the

Village Fete Committee along with individuals - so that we can make the

fete a Village day.

The fundraising committee is solely for raising funds for the Village Hall,

so that it can be maintained and run.

If you feel that you don't want to be on the committee but would like to

volunteer to help out, then please get in touch. Anyone interested please

contact Steve Tollett - e-mail: [email protected],

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Following the ar�cle in the September Newsle�er, Relate are delighted that the

rela�onship counselling service in Rye is now up and running. The service, which

is at the CVS

Offices at 25 Cinque Port Street Rye on Wednesdays,

between 4.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m., started on 26 September and is already being

well used.

Funded by the Rye Regeneration Partnership, the service will help couples and

individuals deal with their relationship problems in a constructive and positive way.

Talking with a Relate Counsellor can help people identify the cause of their problem

and then decide what they want to do about it. Relate’s is there to help the

individual or couple resolve their difficulties in the right way for them. This means

that the solutions will be different for everyone, because people are different.

For some couples this, sadly, may be separation. Then Relate can try to help to make

the separation less painful by enabling the couple to understand the changes that are

taking place and how their future relationship will be different. This is important

when there are children, because it allows both parents to continue being involved in

their children’s future.

Anyone who feels that an appointment with the Relate Counsellor in Rye would help

them can arrange an appointment by

telephoning the Central Admin Office on 01323 410001. The Appointment

Secretary will take your name, address and telephone number and then make an

appointment for you. Because the service is being

subsidised by the Rye Regeneration

Partnership, clients will only be asked to pay what they can afford, up to a maximum

of £5.00 per session.

For more information contact Maureen

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The service will be available at Thomas Peacocke Community College and at

Animate. Young people will be able to contact the counsellor and arrange an

appointment themselves, alternatively they can ask a trusted adult, ie teacher, youth

worker, parent, grandparent, doctor etc to contact the service on their behalf.

The service will be free to the young people thanks to funding from Connexions, who

have awarded over £16,000 to set up this service in Rye. The service will be

provided by Relate South East Sussex and overseen by a Partnership including the

Police, Educational Services, Animate, Health, Social Services, Thomas Peacocke

Community College and Connexions. Relate are delighted that these agencies have

come together to support this service and recognise the value of Relateen to the wider

community as well as the young people.

Relateen is a dedicated counselling service for young people aged between 11-18

who are experiencing parental break up. It offers a specially trained counsellor with

whom young people can talk openly about their fears, concerns and feelings

regarding their parent’s relationship breakdown, separation or divorce.

This helps young people to realise that they are not to blame for what is happening

and that both their parents still love them. Perhaps most importantly it helps them to

understand that their anxieties, anger and emotional reaction to the situation are quite

normal.

The sessions with the counsellor are confidential and no information is shared

elsewhere, although we naturally work to child protection guidelines. This means the

young people can talk openly without fear of criticism and to let their pent up

feelings out in a constructive way. They can express anger, frustration, fear, and

pain, in a way they may be unable to do at home. Often in the turmoil of a

relationship breakdown the children may feel no one is listening to them or what they

want. Because they do not want to hurt their parents even more they may not say

anything.

Benefits to the community can include reduction in or avoidance of anti-social

behaviour, truancy and criminal activities. A decrease in underage drinking or

experimenting with drugs, a lower rate of teenage and underage pregnancies and in

levels of mental health problems in this age group. This can promote an

improvement in behaviour patterns, resumption of academic achievement and

increased personal confidence. This all reduces the likelihood of exclusion, less

aggressive behaviour and less classroom disruption.

The long-term benefits to society are young people who grow up with a greater

understanding of why relationships break down, what the options are and how to

build stronger relationships. They also grow up with a greater insight into their own

reactions to change, how emotions affect their behaviour and the lifeskills to deal

more effectively with problems in the future.

For more information please contact Maureen Anstey, Manager at Relate South

East Sussex, 22 Church Street, Eastbourne, BN21 1HS. Telephone 01323 410001.

If you are a registered charity

come and have a free stall at our

charity day on November 8th

11 am - 4 pm

Rope walk shopping centre

Rope Walk

Rye

TN31 7NA

For more details

Telephone

07742 401149

Or ask at

Toucan Tronics or

Chez Maureen


Rye & District Age Concern

Baptist Church Reg. Charity

Hall, Rye No 1039986

Age concern is providing an Outreach Information Ser-

vice in Rye

At Rye CVS, 25 Cinque Ports Street, Rye

On the third and fourth Thursdays of the month from 10am to 12noon

There is a wide range information available, on subjects such as benefits, residential homes,

sheltered accommodation, support services, clubs, transport and many more. Age concern

factsheets are available and copies can be supplied on request.

The service aims to help older people, their families, friends and carers. Callers can drop in

FISHING NEWS ROUND RYE BAY FOR MORE

JUMBLE SALE Saturday October 18th, saw yet another jumble sale in the Village Hall in aid of the Children's

Christmas Party, there was an excellent turnout and £110 was raised, many thanks to Julie

who organised it, helpers and supporters.

G ood catches have continued

this month although the

second half has seen the

weather break with strong

easterly winds making it hard going and

stopping some of the boats from fishing.

The spider crabs have all but gone now

from the bay making their way out to

deeper water and this has helped with a

working of both trawl and set nets. A few

cod have been caught by most of the

boats both close to shore and out in the

bay so this fishery might pick up in the

next month, but with very small quotas all

boats this could be quite a problem.

Work has started on the scallop gear,

fitting up new dredges or refurbishing last

year’s gear and boats will be looking to

start in November, hoping for a season

like last year. The scallop beds have been

fairly undisturbed since the season

finished with most local vessels fishing

on the muddy flatter grounds where as the

scallops are found on the rougher, rocky

grounds. November will see big change

over in fishing patterns with gill knitters

swooping types of net, trawlers switching

from the multi-rig trawls to scalloping

and the boats left trawling from night

fishing to day fishing for the mixed

fishery that comes into the bay. So as

usual we will have to hope and see.

Boy Ashore


Rye Harbour

Nature Reserve

Report

A s winter fast

approaches the

wildlife is

changing day

by day, here a few high-

lights of the last month….

Beach Reserve - The large

flocks of Geese now seem

to have moved on from the

fields down towards the

shore, as have most of the

House Sparrows – they

must have eaten most of

the large seeds, but large

flocks of Linnets and

Greenfinches are feasting

on the smaller seeds. The

last flowering shingle

plants were still showing

with a few Yellow-horned

Poppies, Viper’s Bugloss

and Herb Robert. One of

the autumn highlights is

the gradual change in

colour of the saltmarsh

vegetation going from

bright green, through to

purple and eventually

brown. Interesting moths

trapped at Lime Kiln

Cottage during October

include Beaded & Dark

Chestnut, The Vestal,

Mallow, Autumnal Rustic

& L-album Wainscot. The

latter is a relatively scarce

moth.

Castle Water – The new

etalnd area has attracting

some wading birds,

including a Stone Curlew,

Greenshank, Green

Sandpipers and a

Black-tailed Godwit.

Particularly exciting news

was the appearance of the

first winter Bittern in the

reedbeds on 13th October.

We are hoping to be able to

match or improve upon last

year’s count of 10

wintering birds on the

Reserve – watch this

space! Little Egrets are

present in very good

numbers, with a count of

23 coming in to the roost

on 13th. Also spotted there

on that date was a Spoon-

bill, so keep your eyes

peeled when out and about

on the reserve! On the 15th

two Marsh Harriers were

cruising over the reedbeds.

A slight oddity was a lone

Black Swan seen drifting

alongside it’s white

cousins.

Shore - There has been a

steady movement of Brent

Geese along the shore. On

16th October three Avocets

stopped briefly to feed on

the shore before moving

off eastwards. A common

Seal has been regular

around the river mouth and

up the river, so watch out

for the dark head showing

above the water, especially

as the tide comes in.

Events

Even though the weather

has a more ‘wintery’ feel

to it now, there are still

plenty of schools making

the journey to the reserve.

Over the last month there

have been five groups

either focusing on the

beach or exploring Henry

VIIIs castle, with a number

of foreign students being

introduced to the bird hide

and pond dipping

experience - there have

been numerous diving

beetles, dragonfly larvae,

Pond Skaters, Medicinal

Leeches and small fish

found on recent pond

dipping events. However,

the marsh frogs have been

evading our nets!

Our next winter lecture is

on Sat 22nd Nov, 2.30pm

at Winchelsea Beach

Community Hall.

Dominic Funnell,

formerly our Assistant

Warden, is talking all

about his career in

conservation, moving him

from Rye to Rainham.

Now that the winter birds

are starting to appear, why


not join us on a guided

walk around the beach

reserve on Sat 29th Nov,

meeting at Rye Harbour

Car Park from 10-12.30.

Projects

In addition to all the sea

defence work taking place

we hope to start several

projects on the reserve

soon. Replacing our oldest

hide with one that can take

a whole school class and

be accessible to

wheelchairs. Making

improvements for

wheelchair users to the

castle and the hide nearby.

Rreplacing the rest of the

old electric fencing on the

beach with the new design

that was so successful this

year.

This and other work is

helped by volunteers on

our regular workparties –

these meet in the car park

at 10am on the first and

third Tuesday every month.

Why not come and join

us…

Photographs

The Nature Reserve’s pho-

to competition attracted 99

entries and was judged and

exhibited in our church at

the beginning of

October. The images were

of a great variety of local

subjects, but there were a

few favourites– the old

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Cont.


Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Cont. wooden groynes, the red

roofed hut, the shore and of

course fishing boats. Most

were taken by local people

and were of a high

standard. There were 11

prize winners who were

congratulated by Patrick

Roper who recently starred

in the BBC TV programme

“This Land” and works

closely with the Nature

Reserve. An additional

aspect to all of the images

was the 25 words that the

photographers chose to

describe their work – it

was fascinating to see their

work through their words.

Many thanks to Peter

Greenhalf, Sue Quatermass

and Sue McGrath for

contributing so much to the

success of the project, and

for Bogdan for collecting

up the entries.

If you missed the

exhibition you can see the

winners on our web site

and we hope to use some

of the images in future

projects, perhaps even a

calendar. It has been such a

success that we hope to

repeat it next year.

By Barry, Miriam

(Wardens etc…)


NEIGHBOURHOOD

WATCH It appears that somebody is using a vehicle and touring the area looking for vehicles that are

vulnerable. Please keep your eyes peeled for any strange vehicles in your area. If you see

anything suspicious please call or e-mail the police.

There have been two instances of somebody trying to break into village shops over the

weekend. In both cases the front door has been attacked where the glass has been broken. The

first was in Cackle Street, Brede and the other in the High Street, Winchelsea. A similar meth-

od was used at both shops. Serial 186 of 7th October refers to the Brede attack and serial 204

of 7th October refers to the Winchelsea attack.

Rye Market **Reminder** For all those who go the market, there has been a spate of purse/

wallet thefts. Make sure that you keep your purse or wallet safe.

If you have any information about the incidents please contact Police on 0845 60 70 99 and

quote the serial number or e-mail at [email protected]

Message from Sussex Police

Coming soon to a home near you?

There have been reports in Bexhill and Hastings of a security company ringing residents

saying they are carrying out security checks on homes in the area .

In the past there have been many problems with this company

The police strongly advise against doing business with casual callers.

If you require security equipment, obtain written quotes from two or three alarm installers

approved by NACOSS or SSAIB. If you have any problems with casual callers, ring the

police and please advise Trading Standards on 01323 418200.

Please warn your neighbours and keep us advised of any incidents

I have had a report today from a resident in the Sedlescombe area.

An antique caller (Knocker) is around again, this man flashes a card and tries to gain entry to

homes.

It is worth noting that the same person who gave this message was called upon by the man

who also apparently forced his way into a home in the village and conned the lady out of her

miniatures.

The antique caller apparently has very white prominent teeth etc.

Please beware of such callers and do not let them in.

Please also warn your neighbours and especially elderly residents who are particularly

vulnerable.

If you have such visits please try and get any vehicle registration numbers if possible.

Rye Petrol Line cutting "epidemic"

We getting many reports of petrol fuel lines being cut all over Rye as a means of stealing

petrol. There were three more cases last night in the Gibbet Marsh area. This has not been

reported to me by the police as yet and many of the previous cases did not come through on

the N HW police reports. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN IF YOU ARE ABOUT IN THE SMALL HOURS. THESE PEOPLE NEED

STOPPING OR THERE COULD BE A BAD ACCIDENT WITH FUEL LYING ABOUT.


Free Family Discovery Day Rye Castle Museum (East Street) has joined forces this year with St Mary's

Church, which is celebrating its 900th anniversary.

There will be free entry to a range of fun activities for adults and children at

the museum and the church. Talk to Medieval Crafts people and Archers, a

Norman soldier, and a Dragoon. Make a medieval tile, watch a fishing net

mender, try on a period costume, take part in competitions, quiz sheets, col-

our pictures, and look at new displays on St Mary's and Rye’s maritime past.

Refreshments are available in the church.

Free 16-seater minibus service for Camber (in morning) to and from the

museum and Rye harbour (in the afternoon)

Ring 01797 225750 for details

All this made possible by the Rye Partnership and Family Learning, East

Sussex County Council.

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH Cont.

Police press release. I guess a lot of our members do shop in

Supermarkets in Hastings A series of distraction thefts have been occurring in the Hastings area. The incidents

have taken place at local supermarkets and generally follow the same pattern. The

victim is usually a lone female who is approached in the car park of the store after

returning to her car. The male, who is described as a dark or olive skinned, claims to

be lost and seeking directions. He usually has a local map and he distracts the woman

while another person goes to her car and steals her handbag. The male is sometimes

with another older man. They leave in a red older style car, possibly similar to an old

Cortina or an Escort. If you have been approached by anyone in similar

circumstances or have been a witness to these males acting suspiciously in and

around the supermarkets in Hastings please contact Hastings police and quote crime

number SH2/37657/03.

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Rye Harbour

Lifeboat

S eventy five years

ago this month

saw the worst

lifeboat disaster

that the Royal National

Lifeboat Institution had

ever seen and is still the

worst ever, when all 17

of the crew of the ‘Mary

Stanford’ were lost when

the boat capsized.

Practically every

household was affected in

one way or another and to

this date there are members

of our village that still have

vivid memories of the

aftermath. My mother-in-

law lost a brother and

cousin and over the years I

have had the privilege to

be able to listen to her rem-

inisce from time to time

about how bad the weather

was on that fateful night.

How her mother asked her

to run to Rye and let her

sister know the boat had

been lost, with brother

‘Bailey’ on board.

On the memorial in the

churchyard one can read

nine different surnames,

they were brothers,

cousins, fathers and sons.

If you look around the

coast of Britain you will

find it much the same

today at the modern day

stations. Tight knit

communities that are very

proud to carry on traditions

set by our forefathers and

none more so than

Rye Harbour.

Last Sunday morning (12th)

most of the crew were

awoken at 04:19, not by

maroons as in the past but

by the bleep, bleep, bleep

of their pagers. This time

the weather was fine and

the call was from a fishing

boat needing a pump in the

harbour. The casualty was

pumped out in a short

space of time, but the same

spirit was there. Someone

needs help.

As the Operations Manager

(new title) one of my jobs

and that of my two

Deputies is to assess if the

conditions are suitable for

our lifeboat to launch and

at this time of year we are

reminded that we should

not be complacent about

the Power of Nature.

This 75th Anniversary year

sees 10 surviving siblings,

1 son and 1

daughter, as

always our

thoughts are with

them and their

families.

If you regularly

attend the

Memorial Service,

can you please

telephone Richard

Tollett on 223631.

Richard Tollett

Launching the Mary Stanford

Procession down Main Road


I n 1928 the worst disaster for many

years occurred on the 15th

November when the whole crew of

the Mary Stanford Lifeboat were

drowned., the whole male fishing

population of the village.

The Lifeboat was launched in a southwest

gale with heavy rain squalls and heavy

seas, to the vessel “Alice” of Riga. News

was received that the crew of the “Alice”

had been rescued by another vessel and

the recall signal was fired three times, but

apparently the crew of the Lifeboat had

not seen it and the whole crew perished.

After the disaster Rye Harbour Station

was closed.

The seventeen men who lost their lives

were Herbert Head, Coxswain and two

sons James and John; J. Stonham, 2nd

Coxswain; H. Cutting, Bowman and his

two brothers Robert and Albert; Charles,

Robert and Alexander Pope, three

brothers; William and Leslie Clark,

brothers; Maurice and Arthur Downey,

cousins; H. Smith, W. Igglesden and

C. Southerden.

Article taken with permission from ‘Rye

Harbour Lifeboat Station History’ also

with the consent of the late Bill Head

Launching the Mary Stanford

Taking the Mary Stanford away, after the disaster

Floral tributes in Rye Harbour Church


PUBLIC INFORMATION

SEA DEFENCES Recently it has been difficult to ignore the increasing amount of local civil engineering work at Nook Point by the mouth of the river. The Environment Agency has in fact two projects planned for local flood defences, one dealing with beach recharging of the coastal section between Rye Harbour and Pett Level and the other with the River Rother. On the coastal section preliminary work has already started to build the shingle recovery section in the 200 metre stretch west of the river mouth together with upgrading the beach road. A big trench is currently being dug out for the western retention wall to be built. The whole project was originally scheduled to last for up to 8 years with follow-up maintenance at least for the succeeding 40 years. Our primary flood defence barrier is the beach itself and its replenishment is vital to continued success. The most vulnerable area is presently that west of the old lifeboat station up to Pett Level where failure by overtopping could occur in a period as short as once in 2 years - the last breach was indeed 2 years ago. Looking now at the river tidal flood defence project – this is on a more delayed schedule. The budget has not yet been agreed by DEFRA, the source of the funds, and is not expected before April next year. Several residents along the river frontage have, however, been in contact with Halcrows, the design engineers, since they are currently working on the Rye Harbour section. The objective is to increase the level of the flood bund from Rye Wharf along the frontage by 500 – 600mm (nearly 2 ft) to 6.022m above Ordnance Datum, reducing the estimated flood risk to once in 200 years (interestingly this is 400mm above the proposed design height of the secondary defence embankment for the coastal defence west to Winchelsea Beach ). Halcrows and the EA had a display exhibition about a year ago in the Sailing Club and no-one has seriously dissented from the proposal to raise the level. However there are several practical consequences which are becoming clear from the preliminary versions of the design drawings, consequences which Halcrows have shown considerable willingness to work out with us to find good solutions. At this stage one has to distinguish between the design and construction issues. Halcrows are responsible for the design only, whereas the EA will appoint a main (framework) contractor who will be responsible for the construction method and schedule. The design issues so far raised are:-

1) Design and profile of the road ramp past Bosun’s Bite so that it 2) minimises the effects on Bosun’s Bite and Watch House/Rose Cottage. 3) Design of the elevated walkway access to the lifeboat station. 4) Raising the berm outside Mary Stamford Green & Coastguard Square

and making good the turf and mature trees. 5) Design of the lookout outside Harbour Point to improve access and

safety. 6) Modifying the berm outside William the Conqueror to provide 7) improved visibility for pub guests sitting at the tables. 8) Drainage of the frontage; at present the drainage after rain is 9) problematic and might even deteriorate with the revised ramp and lookout designs.

Halcrows have promised to let us have sight of the revised drawings once available. Arrangements will be made to have these put on display in the Village Hall through the Rye Harbour Futures Group. The construction issues, effect on the village of construction operations, heavy truck transport, etc. will be addressed at a later date by the Environment Agency and their contractor and there will hopefully be the same level of co-operation.

It is noteworthy that the work compound in the Martello Car Park for the present coastal defence work has been kept to a reasonable size with quite a bit of the infrastructure being installed at Nook Point. It is to be hoped that this approach will


PUBLIC INFORMATION SEA DEFENCES Cont.. carry on to the main phase of both the coastal defence and river defence projects. Does anyone in Tram Road have any comments as the result of the upgrading project recently carried out using a construction compound in the car park? We hope indeed to address the potential construction problems from the river defence project once the design is clear but it is already apparent that heavy trucks rumbling through the village on the coastal defences project are causing ex-cessive vibration to the houses on each side. Perhaps we should tackle this problem with EA early on, it was a significant factor we highlighted in 2001 when commenting on the planning submission.

After the driest spring and summer for many years it is difficult to recall the trau-ma and devastation that occurred in Au-tumn 2001 in places as near as Rob-ertsbridge. This was due to rainfal; and the fields along Rye Harbour Road were also awash for several days; the last sea inundation we suffered, however, was in 1929 when Rye Harbour was cut off for 10 days. Our 2001 breach was minor but sufficient to remind us of our vulnerabil-ity.

If there are more issues that should be raised please contact Steve Tollett on 223631 or Mike Slavin on 224916.

background It is encouraging to see the way the main organisations with interests and responsibilities for coastal management co-operate with each other . To simplify a veritable blizzard of names and acronyms there is the South East Coastal Group, the members of which are all the coastal local and county councils in Kent and East Sussex (including Rother) together with English Nature and the Environment Agency. The Channel Coastal Observatory is the recently established data management and regional co-ordination centre for the Southeast Re-gional Coastal Monitoring Programme. Quoting from their website ‘ The programme provides a consistent regional approach to coastal process monitoring, providing information for development of strategic shoreline management plans, coastal defence strategies and operational management of coastal protection and

flood defence. The programme is managed on behalf of the Coastal Groups of the Southeast of England and is funded by DEFRA, in partnership with local Authorities of the Southeast of England and the Environment Agency’. What is particularly striking is the objective to get a wide area strategic view of the dynamics of our coasts and beaches, monitoring changes over time and using the information to direct the investment programme – coastal engineering is a very expensive activity and carrying it out effectively both saves our taxes and protects us from unexpected danger. These activities have a very immediate effect on us in Rye Harbour. It is important that we remain aware of the risks to life and property from these dangers and the impacts, both positive and negative, of the coastal and river defence projects. These effects have been profound ever since the inundation of Winchelsea in the 13th century. Indeed on a wider perspective one should remember that 10,000 years ago the sea level was 30 metres below today’s and that our ancestors looked out from Rye Harbour to the estuary of the Rhine and Thames draining into the Atlantic. Nothing ever stands still. At the practical level there is currently an extensive survey project to profile the beach by measuring elevations at 5m intervals through the whole stretch from Bexhill eastward to Rye Harbour. This will be periodically updated in an effort to measure the shingle drift. As a matter of observation the beach shingle between the old lifeboat house and the river seems particularly low this year – the renewal occurs as the result of storm events and the last major event was perhaps a couple of years ago. The survey measurements will have a strong practical effect on the management and timescale of the beach replenishment - if insufficient shingle arrives in the recovery section then the project will have to be extended.

Useful website addresses:-

www.channelcoast.org

www.shepway.gov.uk/html/council/coastline_protection/Default.asp

www.environment-agency.gov.uk

http://www.se-coastalgroup.org.uk/


PUBLIC INFORMATION SEA DEFENCES Cont..

Coastal defence schedule – Pett frontage

The table below (published with permission from the EA) shows the proposed

schedule of work for the Environment Agency on the Pett coastal frontage defence

project for the next five years. The work will be carried out in the winter season only

and the programme is provisional, depending on several factors, not least the weath-

er! To put the shingle recycling numbers in perspective, 30,000 m3 is about the aver-

age volume moved in recent winter seasons. The big civil engineering work nearest

the village is the construction of the secondary defence on Harbour Farm in 2005/06.

Mike Slavin

Winter Season Outline Construction 2003/04 Pocket groyne construction, Repairs to river training wall and recycling

30,000m3 of shingle

04/05 Construction of timber groynes at Cliff End, works to slipway and outfall

and recycling 90,000m3 of shingle.

05/06 Construction of secondary defences on Rye Harbour farm and shingle recy-

cling (quantity will be determined each year from now on).

06/07 Construction of first set of timber groynes at Winchelsea Beach and shingle

recycling.

07/08 Construction of second phase of timber groynes at Winchelsea Beach and

shingle recycling


WORK BEGINS ON PETT FRONTAGE COASTAL FLOOD DEFENCES

Early this month the Environment Agency started its work programme on the Pett

Frontage Coastal Flood Defence scheme.

The scheme, that is part funded by the Department for Food and Rural Affairs

(Defra), will protect villages of Cliff End and Winchelsea Beach and the low-lying

Pett Levels. The large area of developed and agricultural land at risk of flooding

includes 390 properties and 600 hectares of farmland.

The first year of the work will cost £950,000 and will form the first phase of the eight

-year project to provide flood defence to this length of Sussex coastline.

The scheme is being constructed within a site of international environmental

importance. The first phase of the project will be completed by the end of February

2004 before work impacts on nesting birds.

The first year programme of works consist of repairs to the Rye Harbour and the

construction of a temporary steel sheet pile groyne to enable the replenishment of

shingle along the frontage that has been deposited at the eastern boundary by natural

longshore drift.

There have been two significant flooding events along the frontage in recent history.

In 1990, waves impacting on the front face of the seawall at Dogs Hill in Winchelsea

Beach stripped away the concrete block revetment. This resulted in erosion of a

section of the soft clay embankment and localised flooding and also, in 1998, there

was again significant overtopping of the flood defence.

Following a study commissioned by the Environment Agency it was found that a

breach in the defences at Cliff End or Winchelsea Beach could result in rapid and

deep flooding to a number of properties that lie immediately behind the defence line.

Environment Agency Area Flood Defence Manager Andrew Pearce said, “The Agen-

cy is delighted that this scheme has now started. The unique nature of area has neces-

sitated careful economic, environmental and technical appraisal of defence

options. .

“This scheme will provide the much needed reduction in flood risk but also create

new habitats that will enhance the already important environmental features for

which the area is noted.”

The Environment Agency contractor for this first phase of work is Van Oord ACZ/

Mackleys who will be based at Rye Harbour car park.

For further information contact Jo Hunt or Joe Giacomelli on 01903 832203

or 01903 832235 or Duty Press Officer on 07693 03 80 09

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Characters Of Rye Harbour

C yril was

born in

Rye

Harbour in

Dover Cottage in

Tram Road in 1928.

He is the first born

and his sister was

born 7 years later. He

went to the village

school until he was

11 years old and there

were 2 teachers. He

passed the 11+ and

went to Rye Grammar

School where

Thomas Peacock is

now. It was a very

good school. Cyril

was a bit lost when he

went there as he was

the only boy to go

from Rye Harbour. In

1940 after only one year the

whole school including

teachers were evacuated to

Bedford, with the exception of

one teacher who was called up

for National service. Lessons

were held in a private house, a

hall 1/2 a mile down the road

and science laboratories at

Bedford School, which is a

well known large Public

School. Cyril was boarded

with an older couple whose

son was in the Army in the

North African Campaign who

eventually returned safely in

1945. Cyril got to know him

subsequently. Cyril had quite

a good life with a lot of

swimming in the summer in a

pool fed by the river at one

end and running out the other.

They had school on Saturday

mornings, Cyril thinks to keep

them out of mischief!

On leaving school Cyril was

called up for National Service

and joined the RAF and after

three years came out. He had

finished up at Dishforth just

off the A1 in Yorkshire -

servicing the radio content of

the planes coming back from

Berlin during the airlift when

the Russians blocked people

coming back by road. His

National Service was

frustrating as there was not

enough to do and there was

very little money. He came

back to Castle View which his

father had built for his larger

family (the view has

disappeared behind the large

grown trees!). Cyril worked

on the farm with his father

and two uncles doing general

farm work, later mov-

ing on to sheep and

shepherding which he

says he does not do

anymore (so what

were you doing Cyril

when you slipped over

in a patch of sheep

dung last week?).

Gradually Cyril took

over the management

of the sheep flock

from his father and

Graham did more of

the lorry work.

At the time of starting

the farm work Cyril

joined the Rye

Harbour Men`s Club

and still belongs. They

have a room with two

billiard tables where

they play billiards and

snooker. In the

Autumn of 1972 a For Sale

sign appeared on the property,

to be sold by the Church

Pastoral Aid Society. Cyril`s

mother was Treasurer to the

Church and was able to get

the address of the Trustees.

Cyril wrote to them and had a

response. The Chairman was

coming to Fairlight to open a

new Church Hall and invited

them to meet him to discuss

the problem. Ten members

went to meet him only two of

whom are still alive - Cyril

and Malcom Clark. As a result

the whole building which

comprises the Men`s Club,

Social Club, Village Hall and

Cottage were given to the

village in March 1973 by the

Trustees. Maurice Cutting

who died last year and Alf


Hancock (Rosemary`s father)

were another two of the ten.

In the 1950`s and 60`s the

family were growing

mangold-wurzel for animal

feed and other vegetables for

human feed which were hoed

by people like Mrs. Pope

(Val`s mother), Molly

Southerden and Pat Gawn

(Nanny Pat).

Stock has to be reared,

transported and slaughtered to

very high standards applied by

the Ministry of MAFF which

is now DEFRA (Department

for the Eradication of Farming

and Real Agriculture) and

face unfair competition from

imports that do not have to

apply those high standards. It

is highly likely that Foot and

Mouth was caused by illegal

imports. Cyril had Foot and

Mouth in Rye Harbour in the

early 50`s and stock was

slaughtered here but not in

Camber. One of Cyril`s uncles

was looking in Camber and

they managed to convince

officials that there was no

connection between the

stocks. In 2000 Cyril had 500

breeding ewes in Wiltshire

and had to go and live in a

local pub and lamb them on

site. Another farmer there had

500 Herdwicks from Cumbria

which was hard hit by the

Foot and Mouth and when it

was over was able to take the

Herdwicks back for

restocking.

Cyril met Molly in 1983 when

she was the sister of the

Men`s Surgical Ward in

Hastings and Cyril`s mother

was dying in the Women`s

Ward which Molly had taken

over for the weekend. After

Cyril`s mother died he took a

box of chocolates over to say

thankyou to the nurses. Cyril

and Molly were married in

December 1984. Thet could

not adopt in this country so

arranged to adopt in

Srilanka. They flew out and

had to go to an office to be

approved and two month old

Nirosha was handed to them

in court. She was very tiny as

Srilankan people are small.

Nirosha went to Nursery in

Ferry Road before going to

Playden School. She now

travels to Ashford to

Highworth Grammar School

where she is given lots of

homework involving work on

her computer. Cyril keeps

well away from computers!

Yet another fascinating

character of Rye Harbour.

Thank you Cyril.

I t was great to see such activity in the

harbour last Sunday. It included a visit

from a large life boat. Dinghies a

catamaran motor boats large cruiser

yachts ,jet skiis---all having an exciting time.

We would like to see more

people join the sailing club enabling them to

use the club house facilities

Two yachts have been sailing around the

Greek Islands with seven RHSC members.

The winds began light but finished with a

flourish--83 mph winds recorded in Athens

with many boats damaged.

All our members enjoyed the sun, sea and

fascinating islands.

Soon we will be well into Autumn when we

have the Bonfire Firework Barbecue evening

by the river. It is to be held on 1st November

at 6.45 pm. We hope for a dry night with

many people from the village attending. It is a

night for the village. We hope to cover the

high cost of fireworks and the most recent

huge jump in insurance costs. Ken Halpen

Rye Harbour

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A n enquirer has asked recently,

what is the Rye Harbour

Church doing to try and help

others in the world?

To start with, it is not realised as a whole

that, in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine

there are substantial groups of Christians,

whose roots go back to the times of the

apostles.

Some of these groups are often under

persecution particularly in Palestine.

They are however standing firmly behind

Jesus Christ and holding on to the faith,

which has been handed down over the

years.

Rye Harbour Church has through an

organisation, ‘The Bible Lands Society’,

supported several children through their

education and well being. In particular we

have a named young person with whom

we can know and identify, by keeping in

touch.

We could extend this work if anyone,

Church goer or not, is interested in

making a contribution, perhaps to support

both a boy and girl through school, a few

coppers in a tin will soon mount up.

Also the Church through the Flower

Festivals supports other practical work,

both at home and abroad.

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H ow do we remem-

ber? A note on

the calendar, a “

post-it” sticker on

the fridge, a knot in the hand-

kerchief? Our memories often

fail us and even the most

important dates sometimes

lose their significance as the

years go by. Woe betide the

husband who forgets his

wedding anniversary, but it

happens! Woe betide

humanity if we forget the

painful lessons of history, but

we do! Orthodox Jews have

ways of remembering critical

events in their religion, by

wearing miniature scrolls

(phylacteries) on the heads

and left hands, small pieces of

parchment, bound in leather

cases, which have biblical

texts written on them.

Another way to recall events

is to include them in a

celebration or a ritual. So we

have birthday parties,

anniversary dinners, Bonfire

night.

During the month of

November, we are encouraged

to remember in particular

people whose lives have been

notable or dear to us. All

Saints Day celebrates those

heroic men and women of the

Church whose quality of life

and closeness to God enriched

their societies and have left a

legacy to inspire us. The

Saints were not perfect people

and their personalities and

gifts were very diverse but

their walk with Jesus in love

and devotion allowed Him to

transform their natures and to

pour out his grace through

them. In particular, All Saints

(2nd November this year)

includes those little known

people, one of whom may

have touched your life and

drawn you closer to God.

All Souls time (3rd November

this year) provides an

opportunity to remember with

gratitude those whom we have

loved and whose journey

through this life was

completed by death. Of

course, few relationships are

perfect and part of our

remembrance may include the

need for forgiveness and a

putting to rest old hurt or

grievances. Through Christ

who holds us all in a single

embrace, even this is possible.

9th November is

Remembrance Sunday when

we shall commemorate the

Fallen, the significance of

their sacrifice being as

important today as it was

when they met their death in

whatever theatre of war.

There will be a 9.15 a.m.

service at the Church of the

Holy Spirit on that day. On

16th November we shall keep

the 75th Anniversary of the

Mary Stanford Lifeboat

tragedy with a service at

3 p.m.

Christians have the simplest

way of recalling their Saviour.

Bread and wine, blessed and

shared, together with scripture

read in a fellowship of faith,

are the visible signs of Jesus

not as an historical hero but as

living Lord. Whenever we do

this in remembrance of Him,

He stands in our midst in

generous love and renewing

of grace. In our needy world,

the power and effectiveness of

this sacrament to heal and

renew us with His life is often

forgotten. But we are asked

to do it until He comes again.

So much to remember and so

much for which to give

thanks. Hugh Moseley

The Church of the Holy Spirit

needs help! First and

foremost, new members of the

congregation. Then a rota of

volunteers to keep the Church

clean (names to Sylvia

Alford – 222650) Then

someone to play our new

electronic organ for monthly

services (2nd Sunday of each

month, 9.15 a.m.). Let’s put

our Church, your Church,

back on its feet!

Hugh Moseley


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For further details contact: Marcus Whitaker on 01797 227773

10.00 am to 12.00

Midday

CHRISTMAS

Bazaar

• Craft Stalls

• Cake Stall

• Refreshments

• Santas Grotto.

• Tombola

• And more

06th December 2002

RYE HARBOUR

VILLAGE HALL

11:00 to 14:00

In aid of the Village Hall.


Rye Harbour Parent and Toddler Group

C ongratulations Sarah, What a

lovely baby 'Oli' is, so content

to watch his big

brother Ben play and

seeing all of the other boys

and girls at Mother and

Toddler group.

Hello to three new

boys, all called

Bradley. It

makes

remem-

bering

names

easy!

We are

getting a Pirate ball pond, which

will be lots of fun.

Christmas will soon be here, and

we will be having a Christmas party on

December 17th with an

entertainer. Sonny, still

remembers lasts years clown, and

chuckles at the thought of him.

Come along every Wednesday, tea coffee

and a chat. We are

a friendly lot.

Every first

Wednesday of

the month a

health visitor

comes to

weigh baby

and answer

any of your

questions.

See you

Wednesday.

Ann Satchell


Congratulations

Reports were written By Nanny Pat

BIRTHDAYS

Family Announcements

We wish Arthur

Berry much

happiness and

many happy

returns on his

birthday

19th November

Happy Birthday

Michelle

With Lots of

Love and Best

Wishes from

Mum, Dad and

all the Family

Viv Ennis has been in Brighton hospital but is out and about now, and

looking quite well we are pleased to say.

Kath Goodburn is in hospital at the time of writing, only for a couple

of days we hope.

GET WELL SOON

Many thanks on behalf of Emma, from Denise and Jim for the collection in the Har-

bour Stores.

Thank you to Bernie for the two Age Concern lunches we had in the Conqueror, they

were very much enjoyed.

Darts have started again; we all enjoy our Thursday evening get together.

Many people in the Village have had trouble from badgers causing havoc in their

gardens, well I can go on one better than that, I had a badger who scratched his way

into my garden, got into my chicken house and killed seven bantams and left me with

two. I am an animal lover but have gone off of badgers.

We are still waiting, for a write up from the person who complained.


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